Action Comics #164
Tommy is to be the judge of an interplanetary pet show on Venus. All manner of weird and wonderful creatures are entered, many never before seen, During the show the pearl sacred to the Venusians is stolen. No one has left the arena, but Tommy is pressured to award the prizes. First prize goes to the man from Tor, for his remarkable amoeba pet. All disperse, but Tommy follows the Tor ship, and confirms his hunch that the human was the pet. The amoebas require the pearl for sustenance, but he brings them a shipload of calcium carbonate in exchange for the sacred pearl and human slaves.
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Tommy is to be the judge of an interplanetary pet show on Venus. All manner of weird and wonderful creatures are entered, many never before seen, During the show the pearl sacred to the Venusians is stolen. No one has left the arena, but Tommy is pressured to award the prizes. First prize goes to the man from Tor, for his remarkable amoeba pet. All disperse, but Tommy follows the Tor ship, and confirms his hunch that the human was the pet. The amoebas require the pearl for sustenance, but he brings them a shipload of calcium carbonate in exchange for the sacred pearl and human slaves.
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